Laird tied to secret B 52 raids in Cambodia and Vietnam
A top secret 1969 memo shows Melvin Laird approved covert B 52 strikes in Cambodia and South Vietnam to mislead press reports. The plan allowed misattribution of Cambodian raids to South Vietnam and concealed actual bombing data from most officials. The Senate committee investigates why the Defense Department falsely reported 3630 Cambodia strikes.
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Mike Shanahan
Washington
Defense
Melvin R. Laird
Cambodia
United States
Laird
Nixon
William P. Clements Jr
Senate Armed Services Committee
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Army
Earle G. Wheeler
South Vietnam
Armed Services Committee
Defense Department
Harold E. Hughes
Iowa
Thomas H. Moorer
Johnson
Moorer
Robert S. McNamara
Laos
Freeze on gas extended by Cost of Living Council
The Cost of Living Council extended the gasoline and petroleum product price freeze for another week to August 19 to allow time to finalize oil regulations. Phase 4 rules for petroleum will include ceiling prices on gasoline and home heating oil and require posting of price and octane at pumps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Cost of Living Council
Council
John T. Dunlop
Dunlop
Supreme Court rules store liable in youth glue death
Minnesota Supreme Court upholds a $11,250 award in the 1969 death of 14-year-old Steven Zerby after he inhaled glue fumes and drowned. Defendants Chester L. Warren and clerk Robert Deike were found absolutely liable for selling glue in violation of a 1969 law prohibiting sales to minors. The case notes that the glue sale did not require sharing damages with the minor purchaser Randy Rieken or glue maker United States Plywood Corp. Also mentioned are unrelated rulings on Honeywell taxable equipment and a prison search ruling by Judge George Scott.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Paul, Minn
Austin
Minnesota Supreme Court
Steven J. Zerby
Chester L. Warren
Robert Deike
Randy Rieken
Young Zerby
Rieken
United States Plywood Corp
Honeywell, Inc
Honeywell
George Scott
Marvin Martin Scroggins
St. Paul
Minnesota projects record corn and soybeans in 1973
Minnesota forecasts a record corn crop of 490.5 million bushels and soybeans at 127.6 million, both well above 1972. Wheat and durum show gains. oats and barley rise modestly while flax climbs 65 percent. Late July rains aided soybeans and corn while July dryness pressed soil moisture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Paul
Crop Reporting Service
Mobile home sale ad and cancellation note
A 1968 Liberty 2 bedroom mobile home ad lists features and a contact number amid rising housing costs. The notice was slated to run six days but cancelled after two appearances. a replacement number 433-8851 offered for fast action.
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Herald
Liberty
Secret Service probe over 1972 McGovern spying claim
The Secret Service says it is examining allegations that agent James C. Bolton Jr. forwarded information about Sen. George S. McGovern to the White House during the 1972 campaign. The Washington Post cites memos alleging White House aides pressed agencies to gather damaging material on Democrats.
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Washington
Secret Service
White House
George S. McGovern
McGovern
Washington Post
the Post
James C. Bolton Jr
Post
Edmund S. Muskie
Maine
Lawrence F. O’brien
Henry L. Kimelman
Burger blocks special term on Cambodia bombing
Chief Justice Warren E Burger refused to call a special Supreme Court term to review the Cambodia bombing case. Opponents led by the ACLU Foundation and Rep Elizabeth Holtzman will push again for court attention. Separately President Nixon signed the farm bill, pledging relief from inflation and reduced taxpayer payments to farmers during peak demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burger
Washington
Warren E. Burger
Supreme Court
U.S
Cambodia
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation
Elizabeth Holtzman
D-N.y
Air Force
Washington (Ap
Nixon
Sirica Faces Watergate Subpoena Fight in Court
Federal Judge John J. Sirica presides over two cases raising constitutional questions over President Nixon's compliance with subpoenas for White House tapes and Watergate documents. The Senate Watergate committee seeks a faster response schedule to enable a timely ruling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
John J. Sirica
Nixon
White House
Senate Watergate Committee
U.S. District Court
Sirica
19 RECOVERED IN TEXAS SEX SLAYINGS INVESTIGATION
Police report 19 bodies recovered in a long running sex perversion slayings case in Texas. Elmer Wayne Henley 17 admitted participation and led investigators to graves in piney woods and a Houston boat stall where most victims were buried. Officials warn as many as 30 victims may be involved.
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Michael A. Lutz Houston
High Island
Here
Piney Woods
East Texas
Lake Sam Rayburn
Houston
Elmer Wayne Henley
Henley
Dean Allen Corll
Breck Porter
Porter
Corll
Migrant camp tour by Minnesota lawmakers probes housing
The House Labor Management subcommittee led by William Ojala inspected migrant camps in Blooming Prairie and Hollandale meeting with Migrant Action Council officials and growers. They reviewed housing, health, and education amid potential legislation and concerns over funding and oversight for migrant children.
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House Labor Management
Blooming Prairie
Hollandale
Migrant Action Committee
MAC
Moorhead
William Ojala
DFL
Aurora
Bob McEachern
St. Michael
Ray Pleasant
GOP
Bloomington
Michal Ohnstad
Stacy
John Sarna
Minneapolis
Mike Jaros
Duluth
Owatonna Canning Co
McEachern
Ray Peasant
Pleasant
Peter Moreno
State Office of Economic Opportunity
OEO
State Dept. of Education
Norberto Perez
Migrant Action Council
Extradition Planned for Torgersen in Rochester Slayings
Minnesota authorities move to extradite David Torgersen, a suspect in the Rochester killings, after he waived extradition in Grand Rapids Michigan. He faces assault with intent to steal on current charges while awaiting arraignment and the $25,000 bail.
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David Torgersen
Austin
Rochester
Torgersen
Grand Rapids
Mich
Minnesota
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Owatonna
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